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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, gORTLAND, MONDAY. JULY 1. W& . . . A IKDKPKNDKNT NEWHPAPER. V B. ja;kx PubHaher l'Ubliaued every dr. fteruooo and morning fegeept 8nndy afternoon). t Tbe Jonnial I f BaUdlng, Broadway and Yamhill ata.. Port- I ' land. Or. , . festered at tha poatofflce at Portland, Or., for trsDSinUalon through the mall aa aecond ' nana matter. . ', lEI.EPHONKit Mala 717: Hon. A-k"l. , All departmenta reached by tbeae numbera. Tell the operator what department you want, j . e-'ORKIUN AlVt:HTlHlN KKPHKtKNTATI VM I Benjamin A Kentnor Co.. BrgnawicE ilia.. Za rtfih Ave.. New Vork. 11!1S People Hldg.. Chicago. ttuheerlptktn terma br mall or to any addreae In tli United Htatea or Mnlco: DAILY MORXINO OR AFTERNOON) Om ear $.10) i On month $ .60 SUNDAY. On year 12.00 One month I .23 DAILY (MORNINO OR AFTERNOON) AND 80NDA Y. One year 17.60 I Una month 9 .05 America aaka nothing for heraalf but what ab Ik a right to ak for humanity Iteelf. VVOOMtOW YV1LHON. Mflllooa for defense, but Dot a rent for tribute. CMARf.KH C. I'INCKNEV. There I nr. vti n r" mora terrible than thla. Mora tongued wirb ceiifure of tbe worlrl'a blind (fried, More filled wtui .ijm and portenta for tba aolll, Mora fraught wllb mennce to the universe. --Kdwln Marsaam. .MEM CO M EXICO is always kaleido- 8(oj)ic. The phases of its turmoil are fitful. Nothing Is stable, and the situation of today may be wholly changed tomorrow. But there seems a hotter change now for HuliKtantial retinitis in deal ing with Uie de facto government than at any time since the over throw of Madero. Carranza has a better hold on his people. The lato prospect of hostilities with the United States united the Mex icans behind him. It extended his authority. It increased the power of his government. All peoples forgot their, domes tic differences at threat of attack from an outside foe. That Is what America can certainly count upon -If armed intervention Is ever at tempted in Mexican affairs. The seventeen million people in Mex ico will ho one people, united for defense. Love of country is an unextinguitihable and dominant trait in human character. It usu ally is dormant, but it flames up like a prairie firo at prospect of an invader. Carranza profited heavily from this spirit by the threatened break of relations with Washington. The new confidence in him may not long continue. Save in the Diaz period, there has been nothing but .revolution in Mexico since 1820. The great theft of Mexican na tional resources by foreigners has increased the. tendency to revolu tion. A people stripped of their birthright are predisposed to vio lence. With increase in his power at home, Carranza has become far more reasonable abroad. Ills latest note was statesmanlike. It was such a note as befitted the first chief of seventeen million people. It indicated a purpose to how the fullest cooperation with the Washington government in cre ating a situation mutually satis factory to both nations. It re flected a sense of national respon sibility and an intelligence not evi denced in former Carranza notes. Were it not for the American Interventionists, American annexa tionists, American ranch owners and other exploiting concession aires, it Is probable that Carranza could now brine order out of the chaos in his country. They are de termined to extend a vigorous American Influence over Mexican affairs if they can. They delib erately took a gambler's chance when they made investments In. Mexico. The value of those Investments would be enormously Increased if enough American sol diers were sent over the border to overthrow the de facto govern ment, subjugate the people and po lice the country for a period of years. That is why the exploiters plot within Mexico and without to stir up revolutions, keep the country In turbulence, incite border raids and make sentiment in America for armed intervention. But for these Influences, Carranza is now In position in which he could prob ably establish conditions In Mexico that would quick'y relieve the United States of its Mexican prob lem. A NEW QUESTION A' INTERESTING situation that may grow out of the people's votes on the "Beer" and "Dry" amendments at the " next state election has been sug gested. . The ."Beer" amendment rtArmiti iriA mnniifQni t thin A th state of that beverage while 4 the) "Dry" amendment prohibits im ' portatlon into the state of beer - and other Intoxicants. . What, an ingenious ,mlnd asks, -v will be the result If both, amend ment carry? and answers, that .'Oregon brewers will certainly be 9. well fortified against outside com- , petition. While protected by ape Hclttc law in the manufacture of "beer Iwithin the state, they will "be Immune from all 'outside eo m- petition by the "Dry" amendment; which just aa specifically cuta oat , beer coming from other states. To ; the lay mind this would be en couraging home industry with a ; v ngeance. But it may well be doubted whether the federal courts would tolerate this obvious discrimination ! against Interstate commerce. While 1 the Webb-Kenyon law permits a state to shut off Interstate com merce on those articles the sale of which it inhibits within its bor-' ders, whether the state can deny ! the right of importation of an ar-; ticle which it permits to be manu factured and sold when done whol ly within its borders, raises a new and much more doubtful question. It seemed unbelievable that the prediction would come true that a German undersea commerce car rier could cross the Atlantic, -and discharge cargo in an American port. But the feat has been ac eompHhed. The arrival of the Delttschland is a new marvel in ocean navigation. German wit has scoreS another triumph. LIEUTENANT ADATR THE body of Lieutenant Adair is to be brought home for burial. In life, there is no such thing as paying for the service of a Boldler in his summons to duty. In death, there is no full return that can be made to those who suffer by his fall. It is not possible to soften the sorrow of his surviving kindred. There is no atonement that can be made for the great sacrifice. There is no way to pay tbe debt under which he in his gift of his life, and his family in their sur render of the lost one, place the country. But a people can make acknowl edgment. They can show their appreciation. They can honor the memory of the fallen soldier. They can, in thought, and in word and in act give tokens that will satisfy their own consciences and pay a civic debt to the country and its fallen defender. There are flowers other than the perishing flowers that can be laid on the bier as an inspiration and example to the living. German resourcefulness has given the world something new in the commercial submarine which arrived at Baltimore yesterday. It is efficiency in design and con struction and marvelous eklll in navigation that has enabled the Deutscbland to thread the barred passages of the 6ea, elude the war ships lying in wait and dock safely in an American port. AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS OPTION holders under the Mor son Carey Act irrigation pro ject are taking steps to form an association with a view of bringing about the early com pletion of the works. They propose to call upon the Desert Land Board to advertise the project for sale a., provided by law and if it is not bid in by some one who will guarantee to complete the project af an early date, the association proposes to take it over and com plete it with the moneys now due on two outstanding contracts or OTtions covering lands sold. The plan seems feasible and If carried out would not only fully protect the option holders in the matter of investment but would bring into cultivation and settlement a tract of land which would add greatly to the wealth of the state. Morson now has filed with the Desert Land Board an application for an extension of his old con tracts. Before granting any exten sion to Morson the board should carefully consider the proposal of the option holders, for they have been very patient, have much at stake and are entitled to early relief. Should the board eventually decide to give Morson an exten sion, of time it should only be done through an entirely new contract subject to existing laws which en able It to write in provisions which will not only fully protect the pros pective settlers but insure an early completion of the project. The Morson project was launched In 1302. The commercial submarine Deutschland brings needed dye stuffs to America and will carry away nickel and crude rubber so badly neeSed in German munition factories. The neutrality of Amer ica is signalized in the identical treatment accorded this German submarine liner that is extended the merchantmen of other nations. NO SUCH ANIMAL A TIGHTENING of the Anglo French restrictions on neu tral commerce is indicated in the order withdrawing previous orders in council under the declaration of London. For the purpose of safeguarding the right of neutrals the declara tion of London, signed on behalf of the ten leading maritime pow ers of the world in 1908, was in tended to supply an International code on disputed points of prize law and to define precisely im portant principles of naval warfare relating to the subjects of block ade, contraband, continuous voy age, visit and search, and Indem nity for seizure. On the subject of contraband there was specified a list of 17 groups of articles which should never be classed as contraband in any circumstance. This absolute free list included cotton, silk, flax. rubber, metallic ores and other raw materials and certain articles 6uch as agrfcultural and mining machinery, clocks, watches, furni ture, etc., which could be used only incidentally in war. The only nation to formally rat ify the declaration of London was the United States, April 24, 1912. France, however, embodied Its pro visions in its naval instructions and Germany likewise incorporated them in the prize ordinance of 1914. Shortly after the outbreak of the present war the United States suggested to the belligerents the adoption for the sake of uniform ity, of the declaration of London as a temporary code to be observed during the war. Germany and Austria-Hungary agreed upon condition of reciproc ity, but Great Britain, France and Russia declined to adopt it with out certain additions and modifi cations. As the terms of the dec laration required its acceptance as a whole the United States with drew its suggestion and so in formed Germany on receipt of a protest from that government against violations by Great Britain and France. In the early part of the war the entente allies adopted the declara tion in modified form, but under the stress of conflict the, modifi cations were . gradually extended until now the declaration is only a name. It has gone the way of many other international agreements. Speaking of international law, it may be said, in fact, that "there 'aint any sich animal." The only law recognized is the law of jthe Jungle. II EK CHIEF FIGURE CRISES are the test of men. The rise of Lloyd-George is the proof. He is not a sol dier. He is not a trained militarist. His thoughts have been In the lines of peace. But he is the one man England turned to as Kitchener's successor. No other holds so acknowledged a place in public confidence. No other was deemed eligible for the supreme place of Btrategy and ac tion in Great Britain's most des perate extremity. No man has been more hated. The rich land owners loathed him. All those entrenched In privilege despised him. They called him a demagogue. They jeered him as an agitator. They spurned him as anarchistic. They distrusted him, feared him, despised him. His offeDse was that he Bought better conditions for the poor of England. He strove to bridge the deep and broad chasm between wealth and poverty. He secured legislation to take a part of the unearned Increment at the end of every five-year period for the state. He obtained measures by which the landless are enabled to secure lands out of great tracts that were monopolized. He made taxes heavier and heavier on those best able to pay, for relief of those least able to pay. Nowhere in the world was Privi lege and Plutocracy more strongly entrenched, and nowhere were those twin blights on a nation more courageously or more suc cessfully assailed. It was a kind of reform that always meets with the most bitter resistance. Wealth is arrogant. Aristocracy is jealous of its special privileges. It cher ishes its vested rights. Lloyd George was the especial object of its vengeance. But war is a leveller. Extrem ity and crisis break down castes and ranks. With the great Ger man military power looking across the English channel, England took stock of her men. A great coal strike broke over England and the munition factories were threatened with paralysis. England called for somebody to settle it and Lloyd-George re sponded. The strikers had faith in him because of his reforms. He quickly adjusted the troubles, and the making of munitions pro ceeded. With the national existence Im periled, England has been pecul iarly subject to disturbances. La bor troubles, the Irish rebellion, the Inability to provide the army with war material and other dif ficulties broke over the nation. In every instance, the country called for Lloyd-Georgej to be tfie Moses, and .in every case he brought order out of chaos. To this man whom they hated, the aristocrats turned in the hour of peril. To the man they loathed, they looked for deliverance. To the so-called demagogue, they ap pealed for nationat safety. It isn't so much Lloyd-George, the man, as the things that Lloyd George stands for that caused Eng lishmen to turn to him. The works he ha4 advanced gave hjm a fol lowing. The things he had stood for created faith in him. He could settle a coal strike because the miners believed in him. He could drrve the munition factories at ca pacity because the workers loved him- He cemented the nation into working harmony in time of war because all the nation knew that In time of peace his word was truth and his cause Just and his purpose the amelioration of Eng land. War Is the test. Extremity Is the measure of what kind of man can best help succor a country. It was not a British Penrose, not a British Barnes, not a British reac tionary but a British man of pro gress and heart and thoughts of the submerged that is rescuing England in her days of crista and trouble. In the supreme position as sec retary of state for war, with all the mighty responsibilities of Eng land in arms upon him, Lloyd George, by the qualities of heart and mind that have made him the nation's greatest reliance, is the most dangerous single force which England's enemies have to face. Letters From the people I Communication aent to Tbe Journal tor publication la thla department ahoahj b writ ten on only one aida oX tba paper, etould n-,t exceed SOO worila tu length, and mast b ac companied by tbe name and addrexa of tba tender. If tbe writer Uoee not desire to bar tbe name published be should ao aiaie.J "Dlacuaalon la tbe greatest of all refortrcra. It rationalises every tbing U toucuea. It rob prlcclplea of aU false sanctity and tfcrowi them back on their reasonableneas. if tbej bare ao reaaonabledeaa, it rutbleamlr cruabea them out of existence and aeta np Its own conclusions in tbeir stead." Woodrow WUaon. A Wilson Republican. Dundee, Or., July 7. To the, Edi tor of The Journal 1 am a Republi can of the Garfield, Grant and Lin coln stamp and I vote for the candidate who most closely represents that form of government which they so nobly battled for. Therefore, my vote will bo cast for Woodrow Wilson. Why did the vested interests In se lecting Mr. Hughes, Jump over the halls of congress, thaj constitutional forum for debate on every policy look ing to the welfare of the people, and in which forum men are trained in every matter and precedent of interna tional law, to that branch of the gov ernment farthest removed from the people? Lincoln's first inaugural address has this passage: "At the same time the ctvndid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be Irrevocably fixed by decisions of the supreme court (the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions;, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically re signed their government into the hands ol that eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the Judges." Any person may read the Cooper In stitute speech of Abraham Uncoln and there find his further opinion regard ing the Dred Scott decision and how that decision, representing the views of a minority of the people as against a majority of the people, did more than anything else to cause our Civil war. Theodore Roosevelt, upon his return from Kurope, urged among other re forms the following: "A reorganiza tion of the Judiciary, or the institution (through the recall or referendum or both) of greater popular control of the action of the courts thla In. an ef fort to 'educate' them up to an interest primarily in the welfare of human be ings rather than in the security of property and contracts." (The New In ternational Encyclopaedia, 1916. Vol. 20, page 142, line 47.) And now, Mr. Roosevelt asks the ptople to elect a candidate who, in the words of Mr. Roosevelt, needs reorgan izing and "educating" up to eome in terest la the "welfare of human be ings." "Nor Is there In this view any as sault upon the court or the Judges." W. U BISHOP, M. D. The Birth Control Decision. Portland, July 8. To the Editor of The Journal. Judge Langguth ha& fully confirmed the age concept of his Judicial rulings with regard to women In the Maragret Sanger birth control book sale decision. It is parallel with hi sex discrimination as to women smoking m streets, as men are con tinually permitted to do, and is in keeping -with a Portland daily that im plies that "individual liberty" doe not permit "women to own their own bodies"; because it "impairs" "public welfare" (convenience of men). Mrs. Sanger has well described the age of such Judicial concepts In her published comment on the decision-' "cowardly verbiage, when She says that "knowledge if hidden away on musty book shelves or in the narrow confines of the medical profession, is moral; but as soon as distriotited among the working people the same be comes' obscene." The Judge has always been the refuge of the ruling, exploiting c.bfs. Such rulings by Judges were made against Galileo, Bruno, Socrates and Jeflus, in the Interest of rulers who did not want the people Informed. It might interfere with the practice of the kind lords who subjected peasants' daughters and newly wed wive to their conveniences. 'And to cap the climax. In this year 1916, a supreme Judge is to be made president of these United States to conserve such rulings against the working class as his confirmation of the well-known decision In the Dan bury hatters case, which robbed union men of their homes by the unintended application to labor unions of the Sher man law. In the case of Mr. Hughes, however, there must be a reckoning with the common people, without the Interference of a Judge. Verily, as Mrs. Sanger- modestly says, "it is disappointing that 1n this twentieth century the Judicial mind is in the same groove." C. W. BAR7.EE. Mr. Lafferty'a Challenge. Portland, Or., July 8. To the Edi tor Of' The Journal. Hurrah for Iaf ferty. It's dollars to doughnut that C. N. will not come home to debate with A. W. For one, I glory in Mr. Lafferty's stand. Bring the two be fore their constituents, to give the people their sentiments and statements of work done for Oregon. Oregon ex pects he? servants to work Or the good of the state. That is what she sends representative to Washington for. And It 'la well to have reiorts from Incumbents so that we may know of what use, if any, they havs ben to us. Everybody knows that Mr. Laf ferty was for Oregon first, las' and all the time, when he was in congress. We all know how he worked for the O. & C. land grant Co be as the agree ment was made, and spent time and money freely money of his own. too to save these lands to settlers instead of speculators at the government price of $2.50 per acre. Let us hear from Mr. McArthur as to his usefulness Co Oregon. Let him come home ana de bate the Issues of Interest to this state, as they used to In former times, not so long ago in the past. Mr. Laf ferty's challenge Is timely. We know where be stands. But do we know where Mr. McArthur stands? BATKS. Hughes and His Helpers. Portland, July 7. To the Editor of The Journal This is what the Oregc nian said concerning Mr. Hughes' Fourth oft July speech: "There is no militarism in Mr. Hughes' speech at Brldgehampton, nor Is there any of the Bryan or Wilson style of pacifism." Tea, th speech was a great disap pointment to every one, even to the Oregonlan, for If Mr. Hughes had said anything of public importance, un doubtedly the Oregonlan would have made a first page display of it. It seems that Mr. Hughes la to con fine his campaign speeches to a thou- sand -words each. I will venture to say that the fewer words the better for ,him, as the rank and file of people do not look with favor upon the Hughes-Roosevelt-Perkins combination as an Indication of a move in the right direc tion. I am not a peace-at-any-price man, but I would prefer peace at any price. In the Interest of 'all the people, rather than war at any cost in the in terest of a few money sharks. Hughes indorses everything Roose velt says, and Roosevelt sanctions everything Hughe says. We thus I have two hearts that beat as one. So, : what Is the difference In the two men? Roosevelt has been branded as a traitor. He split the Republican party . in 1912 because he failed to get his own ' way. He then formed a new party. and has ..betrayed its members by de serting them. This same Mr. Roose velt is now Mr. Hughes' right hand man and campaign adviser. Can the people have confidence either in Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. Hughes? C. E. WALKER. ', Admonishes Compatriots. j Mount Hood. Or., July 8. To the Ed itor pf The Journal In answer to V. M. Penners. let me say: A man that i calls our president a lopsided profes ' sor' Just shows that ho is buliheadeU. He doesn't understand this govern , ment, nor even the German government- Mr. Penners ought to be sent j back to Germany, for at least four j years, to learn the German rules, and not until then would he make a good American citizen. 1 am a German my I self, and I lived In Germany too darn ! long. I'm sorry I was ever born there. Mr. Wilson and America for me. Every j German who has lived in Germany until he was 20 years old, and has been in the l'nitel States for 10 years, land knows this government, will stand I for President Wilson and not for the j kaiser. It's the duty of every German American who 13 making a living in 1 this country, to stick up for this coun try.' All Germans ought to be thankful j to Wilson for what he did for Ger iniany. If we had had another prest i dent, where would Germany be by this , time? I only hope, for our good, that Ger 1 many will get licked. Why does not Mr. Penners ro home . and help the kaiser? He ought to bo 'at Verdun. The United States Is too good a country for him. Evidently Mr. i Penners has not become a German I American yet, or he would talk dlf Ifertntiy. Why doesn't he go back to Germany and try to 'do as he darn J pleases" there? A GERMAN-AMERICAN. Where Is the Flag. S Portland. July 4. To the Editor of ; The Journals The Children's home in t'.e south end of our city is without a flag flying today. The home is con- du-.-ted by the Ladies Relief society, which is composed of some very prominent and weaJthy ladles, and they should be ashamed to allow such a i condition. ) The children of the Faflln school bought the home a beautiful flag, ' which was pulled up and allowed to i Ptay until it whipped itself to pieces. - Since then they have had no flag. 1 Why not hrinj? this matter before ! some patriotic society, which would 'certainly see that the Children's home i Is supplied with an American flag, and j also see that it is hung up on such days as The Fourth of July? P. HOBKIRK. A Good Samaritan Solution. Portland. July 7. To the Editor of The Journal. Will you kindly print grme petition forms and have tjiem I placed in circulation or put in the postoffice or the banks for signers, to help the people of Mexico? I believe this will solve the problem with that , country better and quicker than any i thing else we can do. Mexico would , be very low indeed if she would not I greatly appreciate that, when there are so many helpless women and chil- dren. It costs less and Is ao much better than sendiing them bullets. ; Portland alone can senj several car ' leads and not mis It. And have tha mayor or the governor telegraph the ; Mexican minister at Washington to ! tell his people in Mexico that a train load is coming soon as we can make . it up. 1 sign J5, payable any time, and will help to circulate the peti tions. J. M. HOWES. Those Birds' Names. White Salmon, Wash., July 6. To the Editor of The Journal In answer to Mrs. Walter Morgan's Inquiry of June 2C, I would say that the "large black and yellow bird with red feathers on its head" Is the Western Tanager, which was discovered in Idaho by Lew is and Clark in 1806. This bird has ac quired an evil -reputation, because of Its attacks on the cherry drop; but, un der ordinary circumstances, the greater part of its food consists of Insects, many of them harmful, and It is only fair to balance the good the bird does against the harm. The other bird described Is the La sull Bunting, belonging to the finch family. This cheerful little songster Is a confirmed seed eater, and also de vours many insects. MRS. C. N. CLARK. Answers. Portland, July 7. To the Editor of The Journal Please answer through the columns of your valuable paper the following questions: What Is the pop ulation of the world? Who Is con sidered the richest man in the United States? CONSTANT READER. World population figures are at best but estimates, since in the un civilized and remote regions of the earth enumeration Is impracticable; It Is only a close approximation In coun tries that are best equipped for it. A high authority gives the figure 1, 675,000,000. for 1914, as the best esti mate. John IJ. Rockefeller is accred ited as the richest man not only in the United States, but in the world. Objects to Land Drawing. Portland. July 6. To the Editor of fThe Journal Th Journal has stated that the O. & C land grant is to Jte opened probably by drawing. This plan will work hardships on settlers who hav been on the land five years or more Improving the same for a ! home, expecting to. buy when it should come on the market. M, D. BOWLES. Courtesy of Aviators. From London Opinion. A well known Canadian journalist, recently back from the front, described to me a remarkable sir duel which he witnessed between a British and a German flying man, in which the for- ! mer was the victor. "Our aviator ! came to earth immedfately after bring ing down the German," he said, "and instantly ran over to the latter'al I i v. i v. n .n.. Jr wrec&eu uiatuiuc, uubo puui was stone dead. He was a giant of a man and was evidently someone of means, for he wore a really beautiful fur coat and on his hands were diamond and ' other rings which must have been of 'great value. A little to my surprise, j the British airman proceeded to strip ' the dead man of bis coat and then to ! remove his rings and other Jewelry, which he packed Into a sort of tin canister. Just as he had finished an officer of the corps came up and in quired: Get everythlngr Yes, re plied the flyer. And then the officer said, 'Right-o! Off with you!'" "Then . to my farther . surprise. tadded the Canadian, "our aviator put PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE Vancouver's matrimonial business apparently has not been shut down be cause June moved away. It won't be long before golf en thusiasts will be saying we can't have a president who Isn't one of them. Mexico's mental attitude seems to have been that of the rebellious small boy who wants to see how far he cau go before getting a spanking. A newspaper moralist says wome.t are taking up vices that men have discarded. Anybody know of any vices the men have thrown away? Wrhen New York City's soldiers get back home they will be able to assure Broadway that a considerable part of the L'nlted States lies west of the Hudson. a An Indiana man wants a divorce be cause his wife chews tobacco. Looks like it's going to be a long time be fore women get equal rights- in tuo hoosier state. m The army's medical department promises to take care of the soldiers health, and in view of what the army doctors have done it is safe to say they will make good. The precautionary suggestion is made that with the colonel, Mi. Hughes and Professor Taft sleeping in the same political bed, Mr. Hughes ought to sleep in the middle. Germany and France are killing off all non-producing dogs as Useless consumers. Imported bologna saunage is a rarity these days, and in view of the late news nobody will be very sorry about It. New York has been interested in a six-day campaign for simple business honesty. From what we hear about New York, the Idea seems to hav been all right but the period allotted for accomplishment entirely too short JOURNAL 70 The Marble Charles H. Flory, assistant district United States forester, says that a visit to "The Marble Caves of Jose phine" richly repays any traveler, lie makes this contribution to Journal Journeys, following a recent visit to the caves: "About 40 years ago, ao the story runs, a hunter chased a wounded bear into a hole in the side of a deeply wooded canyon, in the wilds of Jose phine county, in southern Oregon. "The hunter feared to enter the black, forbidding opening, thickly strewn witli fallen rocks and choked with bushes; so the bear was allowed to escape. "At the time the hunter little reai ieed that Mr. Bruin had guided hla to the pgrtal of one of. Oregon's great est natural wonders, 'The Marble Caves of Josephine.' "These wonderful caverns are lo cated about 30 miles southwest o? Grants Pass within the Siskiyou na tional forest. A presidential order has established them as a national monument. At present they can bj reached only by wagon road and trail Autos can approach within 10 miles, but the remaining distance is covered by a very good trail built by the for est service. "Neither written description nor photographs can convey to the reader any real Idea of this underworld re gion of strange. fantastic beauty: They must be seen to be appreciates "For countless ages the series of galleries, passages, rooms, chimneys and 'bottomless pits' have been slowly THE FEDERAL Washington, July 10. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) There are 7119 war pensioners In the state of Oregon, according to the lat est available figures. Pension money went into the state for the last year in the sum of $1,575,660.56. This is an average of a little more than $221 annually to each pensioner. There are 3276 pensioned survivors of the Civil war under the act of May 11, 1915, the general service-age pen sion act, under which proof of disa bility Is not required. There are also 4 27 survivors of that war carried on the rolls under general law providing pensions for disabilities contraerted In service, a total for the two classes of 3702. There are in the state 164 pensioners of the regular army and navy estab lishment. 228 invalid pensioners of the war with Spain, 2918 widows of all classes, and 107 miscellaneous. Includ ing those of .the Mexican and Indian wars. Lists of pensioners are not supplied by the pension bureau, except when the cost of compilation is paid for, and the records are kept in such a way that considerable expense Is involved on the part of any person seeking to obtain such a record. In recent years congress has been flooded with private pension bills. If congress gave painstaking examina tion to all these claims it would have little time for other business. The last congress passed 5061 private pension bills, the congress before that 6350 and the one preceding that, when the high water mark was reached, passed fav orably on 9649 such claims. The bills passed constituted only a part of the number Introduced. Many of these private bills grant pensions to men who were dishonor ably discharged, whose records are In complete, or who for some reason hare the tin canister on his machlna and, hardly pausing a minute, flew straight over the German lines, keeping so low that he would have been an easy tar get even for a rifle, but waving his handkerchief as he went. When se was over the Huns, be dropped the canister, then wheeled and flew elowly back, while a German party ran out to pick up the utensil. I'm told that a -courtesy of this kind nearly always follows the bringing down of a pilot on either side and that the airman who conveys back his opponent's property flies in a certain fashion that reveals the nature of hit errand." Honesty Week. From the Detroit News. So numerous have "days" and "weeks" for the special observance of social virtues become ttiat we do not pay much heed to the an nouncement of them any more. Filial affection, fly swatting, cleanliness, tree planting and the support of vari ous charities are stimulated more or less by this method. The national conference of weights and measures, through the coopera tion of governors and mayors, organ ized a six day campaign, which Is now on, for the promotion of bonesty among retailers. The movement does ot seem to have reached Detroit with any. force, although in some cities clergymen have preachad about It and school children have been Instructed in the fundamentals of giving full weight and measure, and of demand ing it In turn. Tha campaign is intended only to affect such commodities as can be sold over the counter. Stats authori ties have their troubles In keeping AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS The Sunday school children of av erton have undertaken relief work for the war sufferers ot ttelgium. The News-Time's asserts that F'orlda really has nothing on Forest Gtove, since magnolias are blooming In that charming city. a "Last week might well be classed as show week In Gold Beach." says the Globe, "havln had a show five nlchts out of the week." a "There will be plant y of saw and hammer music in Joseph this summer, as the town is ripe for a lively build ing boom," says the Herald. Growth of the town of Pllley. In Washington county, is shown by the contract., Just awarded, for the addi tion of two large classrooms and three smaller ones to the public school build ing. Challenge In Sheridan Pun: "It you want to live long and die old. then come to Yamhill county to live. There were three deaths in the county last week and they averaged 80 years apiece. Something in longevity t.iat!" The press of - Oregon at present abounds with such items as tn.j fol lowing. "Everybody Is enjoyli u tlx sunshine after the rain; and crops and gardens are looking fine, but hay har vest is later than usual." Tin" jusl happens to have been written by the Villi Creek correspondent of the Sheri dan Sun, but might have been written by most anybody in Oregon. Better roads item In McMlnnitlle News-Reporter: "in Its agitation for a new system of road managejiiei l in this coiwity. the committee is laying stress on the improvement of the lat eral ronds or roads that h ;i1 fr'ir. the farmfc Into the towns. This pliajs is in cluded in the resolutions which are be ing passed at the various mc-u'ings that have been held thus far. The Sheridan Commercial club has indorsed the new plan." JOURNEYS Caves of Josephine carved from the tolLl limestone rm ii by the dissolving effect of water. The walls are thickly studded with mar velously wrought forms of queer look ing flowers and vegetables that Hi- pear' as if Just plucked from some giant's garden. Occasionally a huge Jawbone filled with vicious-looking teeth that one imagines belonged m some prehistoric monster protrudes from a shadowy recess. "From the ceilings hang great point ed tone columns that look llkn Icicles They are all sizes, from huge pillars that extend clear to the floor, to tiny spines. The floors are strewn wlt:i broken fragments that have fallen from above, and among the debris an: growing the queerest sort of stone toadstools. Most of these 6trange, unusual shapes are of a toft ala baster whiteness of exquisite beauty when viewed closely in the lam.i light. "As one wanders through the dark chambers, silent as the tomb, with only a flickering candle to liht tho way, a feeling of awe comes over you. You think of ghosts and goblins, nnd departed spirits, and you feel creepy. "You readily Imagine you are in tho palace home of some king of gnomes that guards over the inner parts of the earth and Its treasures, and you almost expect to discover him sitting upon a marble throne peering at you with big green eyes. "If you have any sort of Imagina tion at all you can spend hours, or as long as the guide windet you, In picturing the fairy-story land of yotir childhood." PENSION ROLL been unable to submit proper proof under general law. Many others are for the purpose of granting much larger sums than the applicant could receive without a special act. Many are accompanied with pleas of 111 health and destitution. There Is no means of telling what proportion, either under special or general law, are largo taxpayers or men of wealth. The pension appropriation bill of the present session carries a total of $168,000,000, or $6,000,000 less than lest year. The decrease Is In most part due to the decimations of death among the veterans. The loss hy death during tho year was 33,-55, a percent age of 8.4 per cent. The records show 4660 pensioner who live in foreign countries, to whom was paid $945,000 for the year. Nearly every country of the globe is repre sented in the list, for residence abroad dees not cut off the pension. The largest numbers resident in other countries are 2421 in Canada, 427 in Germany, 420 in England. 887 in Ire laad, 93 m. Australia, 76 in Sweden. 71 in Norway, 70 in Switzerland, 69 in Scotland, 63 In France, 64 In Italy, 63 In Mexico. The total number on the rolls make a fair sized .army, even in these days of armies colossal 748.147. m m The total expenditures for pensions since the foundation of the government reach the total of $4,895,475,637. It is estimated, in the absence of exact fig ures, that pensions were jaid"on ac count of the war of revolution In the sum of $70,000,000; service pension or the war of 1812. $45,972.8i6; service pension of the Indian wars, $13,215, 227; service pension of the war with Mexico, $4.618,349; Civil war. $4,614, 43,288; war with Spain and Philippine disturbances, $49,944,442; regular es tablishments, $35,472,409; unclaai-if led, $1,608,447. scales and containers up to standard, although customers could quickly en force rigid requirements of honesty if they set about It. A determined housewife who would check up by a home set of Instruments would do much in furthering this reform. The more difficult undertaking would be to compel honesty In the marketing of Jeae tangible artl. ! than sugar, coal and potatoes. Full measure In wages and In services, full measure In the unspoken obligations of home and frlendHhlp. full measure in the giving of oneself In scores of ways 62 weeks of every year should be devoted to encouraging this form of honesty. The Same. From Washington Star. "Louis Barthou, the Frenoh states man." said a Consul of France, 'is go ing to make a bitter war against al ec hoi after the war Is finished. "Bs,rthou has sad fscts an funny facts 'to show the ravages of alcohol In France. One of his funny facts is about a Breton peasant, who was asked in. a law court: "What Is your name, witness? 'Malguenac,' the peasant answered. " "Your full name,' the Judge said. "'It's the same, your honor,' said Malguenac, 'full or sober.' " Her Parentage Ascertained. From Life. Dora bad Just returned from Sunday, school, where she had been for the first time. "What did my little daugh ter learn this morning?" asked the fond father. "That I am a child of Satan," was the beaming reply. TKQnce Oer -BY vxr.v r.AMFTA. The Candid Grouch. Fri'in i:. W. Howe's Mwitldy. Notice I ii,, to t,e i,t alone. And I practice whut i preach; I let otheis alone. You may scramble, and howl, and be funny und noisy, that is your privilege, but let me out of it. I've seen it all, and do not care for It. I paid a good stiff price for peace, and, by tho eternal, i propose to bavt it. I do not go wh.ic the fools sic, and demand that the tools do not hunt me up in my retirement. I enjoy the respectabl.- umenltles of life, uud object to not!. inn expe.cled of a man of my age, but 1 seriously object to the, fool who coinejt uloiig and wants to play with me. 1 don't llko his jukes; 1 don't like his t.ilk; I. don't liive Inn schemes. I hae tired of it all, und demand the peace I hid fail ly entitled to. 'larion notes, when sounded pi.ip erly, iU not disturb me; If il is ai -no'iii' e.l in (he rirwspupern that it thoiiMunl marchers are desired, to make a demoii.stiatn.il, I will appear Ht tho i hu u un,i luu.r ii pjionit ed. ready lo maic-h. i! sui iently ini errHted ; Inn I ohj.-rt if the oi -n ml.er of the parade calls on me, ami, in an impudent way, argues that II is my I u I y to TulU Out when 1 do not think It Is. If u. Committee din ides that it is important to raise a 1'und. let an iin nouiuement he inadu hi the news papers, with tne nam und address o! the treasurer; if mtereMc.l, I will send my conti Ibul Ion. but 1 nive not..-e thut I do not p. t .-..nally ,,, B,,e t, manager of the mile, iion, or uny of his assistant;. I cannot inarch In al! he parades suggested; I cannot HIVI. i itll ihn Funds Miiggettted, and wish lo maki my decisions in private. THE HOaTE-OROWN MUSK. Woodrow WiUon. Ttiey any that all thing. . ,,m to lilin n ho pKllrlllly ilolh milt And works, ulnl in..v, iimi rWs hl bent, and In liiumrir lallli, Cur president. W ..tnov llnin. will ni.ua Hiti! Mil ;nr Willi I. li .i i i.-ii i . "wi.t.-lifui uniting." 'lli'ulll vi. r ling- inl, wlilie and dluc. With "old Klerj" navlng or lilin, the ' lilp f M.lte" tie i: ii 1,1, With flnii hand "ii ih ridder, for a atormy M he rides. Il me.is ..,,111 i,,imiiK ,l,Hv wilt, a haart Haifa lout M ixl iriie. lis kiiimlh en , i hihI k,-ei'. I, la heiid arn tia ilne il,, wnie. A In Vi l.lui; 1 ,,n ' m onil Lincoln tlnm, Hj lili ! Ii.ild lo pd'le. With v.,r I mi if,, ui I. UN.,,., mid Meileo !,el,l, But we IriiM v,,, w,,1r.,w IU.,i. mid we'll Idd J oil i, 1 1 w r , nil ; Kor to Kiiide the t!'l old hit. of we IbhiL 'u'l0 Just the initii. Oeorji Wnhlni;ton wai fat Lit of thla cunn- trr In I. in i!.'ij And l.iu.olii um ilo i.r.vlor of our grund old 1 . A . But WiUon In the K'l'irdliin of our lurid and Utterly And lie ix, ir naka fr whut la rlht fur all huumullj Ilien fiieeeaa to Woodrow WINoii, tho gunrd- h'li of our liinii; Who iruldHa tie pood old hli of atata Willi linn an, I atendr hand And will hrh.j; h, r ,m,, . 1 1 ,. ,r aafe, tin a l.eueel ill, j,r ! TtKiM vn. Wllh patient wan I, ful hiiIUhi; at Waabuig t.li, I). (J. Hy One ot ilia Admlrara. Life's Infinite Variety. "OaT y" Howard, whiwa youthful aon araa a niiinUr of ('oiiipiiiiy K of (-nvallin, waa a vlal- lor lo the ('ourler Momliiy n nil llie v.,rrl'l 111 PH find treuihllua Tol,e allow a the fHtle-r'a loe of whK'h we lead t lltlle hill which doea Blt. or vain (Vurler. "I linre a f 1 tie time." remarked ono Ctiu tniniuii lecturer "J lenrn my apeeeb Uafie 1 atHrt on tin circuit mid 1 he n 1 ouly have to work uhuut. tv,. liouin a duy. 'JTie irat of the thue 1 attending In reading, fating T-liona atenka and rtiiftluK w-lth eupl." V'anv you heat Hi La Or ai.de Obiwrtar. Many complaint! are hlng rniida hy Kata rcdu ped'lr egalnat th lu k or enforcement of the herd law hy Ihi clly couDCil. with many emv and h,rra retried aa amdlnaT the liighta en Hie town a atieeia, with Ih'IU ii JInglf. mid thp old cuiplii.-t about defect tTe aldewalka 1 aa rrit preaent. -Kalaesida M t a . Oiaalna Track. "Ilem of the t'inp'iiK"4 w aa drowned in h awlminlrg Ivne In the I ftip,tia rlrer, Juat lx low lloni'tiur. from which ha hud readied iilnn peranum In Hie paat 2', year. The uiuu wus atilck'-n wllh , ralupa and called fo,- helji hot hla filenda believed hi w-aa only trifling wllh thciii n h he wua noted al an e i pert awltuuier Uold liaaiu (Jloh. "t'ls(Hlng of float or cinnabar hara been dlarovciei) near Wiilamma ov r the Ilia In Viinihlll county It la anld Hint the float al ow a richer appearaio a thrm any yet dip-. coi ered on lh o.nat l.xpella lire Mow at witrk trying to trnnie th ledj;e." rcuda an Item f 1 1 the Yct side, a n wiiper ptipllkbcd at Independent , linln.v. July IT. INS.", And' i he le due to I hi dav haa in ver been dlae-tT. ered. t-iit we know of ruanv a bcnrdtol miner win, la Mill hiinliliK Vwllr the aearcb ot a niiner la a weary ono -Hhcrldau Suu. a Gordon Ilowman of Monmouth Tlalted the mid ritw feallTal In Portland, and had hie automobile atolsn for one day while In the city. The ear waa returned ator ' lioura' ua. and In It waa left a wile to the effect that the uaera hail uttrrf latd tha niarhlne very much, that thy bad fillad Lb tank with gaaollna and out In a frvb aupply of nil and alao that they had kept the punuant that adorned tba rear of Hie machine aa a aoutenlr. Thla innant read "Kiriuaw our ltuat " Tha MoiiQXtillb. pen nant that adorned the front of Uia ear Ui left. lullaa Obaerer. The atewirri. A fata Inacriillble lira played a IHard trick uK.n m and Coi uniinatad hy grim, gloomy Walla, I tuoe aUnit Ilka wiiia Initotcnt pawn, reatrtcled to a certain I.I ne and Tialnted at my peril. N.nictlmta .ii tliant roelaneholr do I ponder, deeply o r the 'nl cnlarolty That hurled lu cm and bjecdlrg Mentally. Into thla crucible of crime, I wonder If an ef er w at, liful 'e d Haa thu prepared u feat l I ry n:y Merita f'tr a greater mum 1 wonder If a fateful deatlnr haa thua a l.tirrtas. Great and hay. pl'tced upon ny lieid To kixtw my at rang' ! In preparation Of a future tlini n, prr i- my atauncheeae. Oxl'a wladom If you will. 1 know II not I only kjt,w that I waa I lorn to fill aonx neceaaury v''e I jrf t vacant h a aotil called home. I only know that hy aome ahelterlng Power do J lite today and knowing That. I alao know I'm ke(:f alive To carry out aome well laid plan Prepared when flrat the crUi too rnrm and all waa elonkad In gloom ;.,d a wladom than and I ahall i'Mva, Hdt under pain uripeak idne to do my !at and all I aak tn fair return, tme kindly arulla and wortiai "Well oonar --Jae Wolf. Sas Quentln IMaon. June M. lifia. Uncle Jeff Snow Says! Mr oldest son was In ths peniten tiary in Missouri nnd I don t cars who knows it, because he was on of tha) annitni and not a good salary. But for getttnK that Job he might hays been In the legislature, and that would have been a disgrace, considering tbs record of the Missouri legislature. Didn't Irr nurd Enough. TWO Scotchmen were standing In front of a war bulletin yesterday discussing the war until tha subject became threadbare and after that tha talk shifted to an accident suffer e4 by one of the pair lomi tlma pr vious. The Injured oaa had bene fited under the Oregon compensation law but his remuneration, ao ha eon-, tended, had been inadequate. : . i "Hid ye pray'.'" anked tha friend. "I dlil." jiald the other. . "Ye did na ," replied the friend wsjt lng emphatic. t 'I did," was the reiteration; , - "Than ye dlnn prar bard tBOtofm shouted tha friend. . . .